Cash-register.



J. VUILLAUME & F. MARBACH.

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CASH REG|STER..

APPLICATIQN FILED DEC. 18. I911.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED'DEC 18. 1911.

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CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. l8.19ll.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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JULES VUILLAUME AND FRITZ MARBACH, 0F PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNORS TO THENATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO,

(INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Ratent, Patent Jed Sept. 14, 1915.

Application filed December 18, 1911. Serial No. 666,432.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JULns VUILLAUME, Belgian subject, and'FRrrzMARBAOH, Swiss citizen, both residing at-laris, France, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Gash-Registers, of which we de-'clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to accounting machines and more particularly tothe recording mechanism thereof.

The principal object of this invention is to provide the recordingmechanism with an invariably movable impression mechanism, the latterhaving an operating mechanism which has a variable movement.

It is a desirable feature in check issuing machines to list the variousitems purchased by a customer and the total of said items upon a checkwhich is given to the customer as a receipt for the purchase and it is afurther object of this invention to provide means for severing the checkstrip'as an accompaniment to the recording or listing of the totals.

Mechanism is provided for accumulating the total of the items as theyare listed upon the check strip and another object of this invention isto provide a total manipulative device, which, when operated, controlsmeans for severing the check strip and disabling the accumulatingmechanism as an "accompaniment to the recording of the total.

7 the invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, the essential elements of whichare set forth inappended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which ishereinafter describedwith reference to the drawings which accompany andform part of the specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the recording mechanism of a machine ofawell known type with the improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is adetail view of the setting devices for the type carriers. Fig. 3

is an enlarged detail view of the mechanismplaten for the purpose oflisting items upon the check strip. Fig. 8 is' a partial centraltransverse sectional View through a well known type of machine to whichthese improvements have been shown applied. Fig. 9 is a detail view ofthe total manipulative device and cooperating mechanism for disablingthe accumulator. Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional view taken along theside of the bank of keys containing the total manipulative device or keyand showing the mechanism under the control of said totalmanipulativedevice or key. Fig. 11 is a detail View showing amodification of the check feeding and platen operating mechan sm.

For the sake of illustration these improvements have been shown applied,to a type of machine well known on the market and'exemplified in thepatents to Cleal and Reinhard, No. 580,378, issued April 13, 1897, and ito Thomas Carroll, No. 7 65,767 issued July 26, 1904. In the formerpatent the principal movement of the machine is clearly shown anddescribed, while in the latter patent the recording mechanism to whichthe present improvements have been applied is shown.

The type of machine shown in said patents is provided with a pluralityof banks of amount keys 1, which control the differential movement ofsegments 2 (Fig. 8) that. y

are loosely mounted upon a rock shaft 3. These segments 2 mesh withintermediate gears 4 which in turn actuate the accumulating mechanism 5and the indicators (not shown) as is well understood in the art.

Previous to the movement of the intermediategears 4 by the segments 2,the accumulating mechanism 5 is coupled to the intel-mediate gears 4 bydouble-width pinions 6 which are supported by arms 7 extending upwardlyfrom a rock shaft 8. This shaft is rocked, previous to the displacementof the intermediate gears 4, by a pitman 9, the forward end of saidpitman being provided with a notch 10 into which normally rests a pin 11projecting from an arm 12 extending downwardly from said shaft. Therearward end of the pitman is provided with a roller 13 which plays in agroove 14 of a disk 15 secured to the main operating shaft 16. Upon'therotation of the shaft 16 the pitman 9 will be moved forwardly, by whichmovement the pinions 6 will be carried into position to couple theaccumulator to the intermediate gears 4, all of which is well known inthe 'art and fully shown and described in the aforementioned Cleal andReinhard patent, reference to which may be had for a further detaileddescription of said mechanism.

Each of the segments 2 is provided with a roller 17, which plays in anelongated slot 18 formed in an arm 19 secured at its lower end to one ofa series of nested sleeves 20. These sleeves at their outer ends (Fig.2) have secured thereto segments 21, only one of which is shown, whichsegments mesh with pinions 22 secured to the inner end of nestedsleeves, which sleeves at their outer end are provided with typecarriers 24, all of which is fully shown and described in theaforementioned Carroll patent.

As shown in Fig. 1, the type carriers 24 are provided with duplicatesets of type for recording upon a sales strip 25 and a check strip 26 ateach operation of the machine. The machine, as shown, is arranged to beoperated by a crank handle 27 which is suitably geared to a largeintermediate gear 28 that in turn will, through the intervening gear 29,impart a complete rotary movement to the shaft 16, and to a pair of feedrollers 30 for the check strip (Figs. 3 and 5) located near the bottomof the machine in juxtaposition to the type carriers 24. The lower feedroller is mounted upon a hub 31 which has projecting therefrom eccentricbearings 32. The upper feed roller is provided with feeding flanges 33and 34 of different lengths and a spring pressed feeding pawl 35, thelatter being mounted upon the roller 30 intermediate the flanges 33and'34.

One of the eccentric bearings 32 of the hub 31 has secured thereto adownwardly extending arm 36 (Figs. 3 and 6), which, at its lower end, isprovided with a recess 37 into which extends a pin 38 projecting fromthe lower end of an arm 39, the latter being pivoted as at 40 to theframe work of the machine. Secured to this arm 39 and extending upwardlytherefrom is an arm 41, which, at its extreme upper end, is providedwith a roller 42 that cooperates with a locking flange 43 projectingfrom a disk 44 secured to a shaft 45-. The pin 38 which projects fromthe lower end of the arm 39, has secured thereto the forward end of alink 46, the rearward end of which is secured to an arm 47, which isrigid to a shaft 48 that extends through the machine and has projectingtherefrom at its left hand end (Fig. 10) an upwardly extending arm 49.To this arm is secured the rearward end of a link 50, the forward end ofwhich is slotted so as to straddle the rock shaft 3 and be supportedthereby. l'V hen the above described parts are in the positions shown inFigs. 3 and 10, a spring 51, connected to the forward end of the link 50and to a pin 52 projecting from the frame work of the machine, is umlertension so that when the locking flange 43 is rotated in the directionof the arrow shown in Fig. 3, the roller 42 will move through theopening 53 formed in said flange when the latter is rotated far enoughto present said opening to the roller 42. The timing of the release ofthe roller 42 is such that previous to the release. thereof the feedingflange 33 of the roller 30 will have fed the check strip 26 in theposition to have an item listed thereon. l pon the release of the roller42, the spring 51 (Fig. 10) will draw the link 50 forwardly and througharm 49 rock the shaft 48 in the direction of the arrow shown in Figs. 3and 10. This rocking of the shaft will, through arm 47, link 46 and arm36 secured to one of the eccentric bearings 32, rock said hearing so asto lower the hub 31 of the lower feed roller 30 as shown in Fig. 6. Inthis position the lower feed roller 30 will be out of operative relationwith the flanges 33 and 34 of the upper feed roller, but owing to thelength of the tooth of the feed pawl 35 carried by the upper roller 30,will not be out I work as at 59 and at its forward end is pivoted to theplaten frame 58. The frame 58 has yieldingly mounted thereon a platen 60provided with pins 61 which extend through .a portion of the platenframe. Each of these pins, only one of which is shown, is surrounded bya coil spring 62 which normally holds the platen 60 in the positionshown in the drawings. The cam slot 55 formed in the disk 54 is of aslightly greater width than the roller 56 which plays therein, thisconstruction being for the purpose of permitting the disk to be movedindependently of the operating lever 57 for the platen when the lowerfeed roller 30 is moved out of coiiperative relation with the flanges ofthe upper feed roller.

Previous to the recording of the first one of a series of items, theparts are in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in which position theflange 33 of the upper feed roller upon the operation of the machinefeeds the check strip 26 forwardly into position to receive the firstimpression. Immediately after the feeding. of this check strip by theflange 33 and the lower roller 30, the slot 53 formed in the lockingflange 43 presents itself to the roller 42' projecting from the upperend of the arm 41, at which time the spring 51 (Fig. 10) will draw thelink forwardly and rock theshaft 48 in the direction of the arrows(Figs. 3 and 10) and thereby move the lever composed of arms 39 and 41so that at the end of the operation the parts will be in the position asshown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. The shape of the cam groove ofthe disk 54 is such that it does not operate the platen lever 57 untilnear the end of the operation of the machine and as the disk 54 islowered with the lower feed roller 30 immediately after the check is fedinto position to have record ed thereonthe first item, it will be seenfrom Fig. 7 of the drawings that the operating lever 57 and platencarrying frame 58 will not have imparted thereto by the cam. portionofthe groove 55 a movement as great as would be imparted thereto if theparts remained in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The purpose ofthis variable movement of the operating lever 57 and ;the

platen frame 58 is to permit the entry of items upon the check stripwithout severing said strip by a knife 63 carried by the platen frame58. In the elevation 10f the platen frame for the purpose of recordingthe items, the knife 63 carried thereby will be raised to the lower edgeof the slot 64 formed in the stationary knife 65 through which the checkstrip 26 is fed,-this movementof the platen frame 58 being suflicientfor the platen 60 to take an impression from the type carriers 2.4.During the listing of other items with the parts shown in Figs. 6 and 7,the check strip will be gripped by the tooth of the pawl. 35 and thelowerfeed roller and thereby be fed slightly at each operation intoposition to have other items listed thereon.

- After the desired number of items have been entered in theaccumulatorand recorded upon the check strip, the amount *keys whichcorrespond to the amount of the total and also a total manipulativedevice 66 (Figs. 9 and 10) will be depressed. This operation of thetotal manipulative device .66 (Fig. 9) will rock a lever 67 and, through3 link 68, rock a lever 69 into the position shown by dotted lines insaid figure. The

lever'69 has projecting from the'upper end 'thereof a flange 70 which isbrought into co'ciperative relation with a camming flange.

71 secured to a plate 72 fastened to the rock shaft 3. The lever 69 issecured-to a short transverse shaft 73, which'has projecting therefrom aforwardly extending finger 74 (Fig. 8), which is brought into contactwith the bottom of an arm 75 loosely mounted upon the shaft 73 when saidshaft 73 is rocked upon the depressing of the total key 66. Upon theoperation of the machine by the crank handle 27, the shaft 3 \villhrstbe rocked in the direction of the arrow (Fig.

nected one end of a link 76, the upper end of which is connected to thepitman '9. From this it will be seen that as the arm 75 is rocked, asabove described, the pitman a y will be so elevated as to carry therecess 10 formed in the forward end thereof above the pin 11 projectingfrom the arm, so that when said pitman 9 is moved forwardly by the camgro0ve14 of the disk'15 it will not rock the shaft'S, and therebyprevent the coupling, through the double width pinions 6, of theaccumulating mechanism 5 and the gears 4.

The depression of the total key 66 moves a plate 77 (Fig. 10')rearwardly against the tension of its spring 79. This rearward movementof the plate 77 by the totalkey 66 will bring the end of a slot 78,formed in the rearward end of plate 77, into contact with a pin 80projecting from the link 60' which link, as previously described, hasbeen moved forwardly by its spring 51 upon the entering of the items.This rearward movement of the plate 77 will also bring a roller 81thereon into the path of a camming projection 82 formed on an arm 83secured tothe rock shaft/3. The cam portion 82 of,

the arm 83 is so timed as toengage with the roller 81 immediately uponthe slot 53 (Fig. 6) of the locking flange 43 presenting itself to theroller 42 projecting from the arm 41,

so thatas said plate 77 is cammed rearwardly by the camming portion 82and roller 81 it will, through pin 82, cam the link 50 rearwardly, whichlink, through arm 49, will rock the shaft 48 in the direction as shownby the dotted arrow (Figs. 6 and 10).

of the machine the check will be fed a greater distance than when theitems are listed. After the check has been fed the cam groove 55 formedin the disk 54 which now has assumed the position shown in Fig. 4, willrock the operating lever 57 and, through the frame 58, carry the platen60 into contact with the type carriers 24. Owing to the location of theroller 56 projecting from the operating lever .57 relative to theoperating portions of the cam groove 54 it will be obvious that the saidlever and the platen frame will be given a greater degree of movementthan when the items are listed. This greater degree of movement of theplaten frameis permissible owing to the platen 60 being yieldinglymounted thereon. During this movement of the frame 58 the knife 63carried thereby will pass above the opening 64 formed in the stationaryknife 65 and thereby sever the check strip so that the severed portioncontaining the items and the total thereof may be handed to the customeras a receipt for the purchase. The knife 63 is mounted upon pins 84projecting from, the platen frame 58 and said knife is held yieldinglyin engagement with the stationary knife by springs 85 which surround thepins 84. The total manipulative device 66 controls one of the typecarriers so as to print a T character (Fig. 5) in connection with thetotal to further identify said total.

The H character shown on the check .opposite the items identifies theclerk making the sale.

An inking ribbon 86 is provided, which ribbon is fed in any suitablemanner between the type carriers and the platen,

It will be seen that in the machine, asjthus described, a singleimpression is made at each operation, and that the strip may be severedafter any desired number of operations of the machine. This is of valuein permitting the printing of totals. The platen construction describedis, however, useful in other relations. For example, the

'use of cash registers which deliver a so called stub-check is wellknown. In such a use duplicate impressions are taken from the typecarriers at each operation of the machine, the check being, if desired,perforated between the impressions, whereby its parts may be easilysevered and one be retained by a cashier, the other being delivered tothe customer.

Fig. 11 shows the construction of a yielding platen already described,as applied to a stub check machine. In this form of device the lowerfeed roller 30 is always in position to coiiperate with the flanges'ofthe upper feed roller, the said flanges being so located as not to feedthe check during the taking of impressions thereon. It will be notedthat in this form, the groove 55 formed in the disk 54 is providedwithtwo camming portions which operatethe platen twice during each rotationof the disk 54 to take impressions from the type carriers, it beingnoted that the cam portion last to operate the platen lever 57 is ofgreater depth than the preceding portion so as to give the platen frame58 a greater throw in order to sever the check by the knife 63 carriedby said frame. The platen is yieldingly mounted in the frame 58 in thesame manner as disclosed in Figs. 3, 4, 6 and 7.'

It will be seen that in both the main cons'truction and the stub checkform the platen 60 receives an invariable movement on taking impressionfrom the type carriers 24, while the platen frame 58 and the operatinglever 57 therefor are given variable movements. Applicants believe theyare the first in the art to provide such a construction and they desireto claim the same broadly without reference to the particular mechanismemployed,

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adated to fulfil the objects primarily stated, 1t is to be understood thatit is not intended to confine the invention to the one form ofembodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible ofembodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope. of the claimswhich follow.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a typecarrier, .of an operating device, with means for givlng, 1t movement ofvariable extents, and a plate'n 1oo given invariable movements againstsaid type carrier by the variable movements of said operating device,whereby to take a plurality of impressions from said type invariablymovable for takinga plurality 1 of impressions therefrom upon a checkstrip, a variably movable operating mechanism for said platen, and meansor feeding the check strip between the taking of impressions thereon. v4. In amachine of the class described, the p combination with aty'pecarrier. of a variably movable frame and a platen yieldingly mounted onsaid frame for taking a p rality of impressions upon a check strip 186from said type carrier, an operating mechanism for said platen frame,and means for feeding the check strip between the taking of impressionsthereo 5. Ina machine of the class described,the 10o combination with atype carrier, of a platen invariably movable for taking a plurality ofimpressions therefrom upon a check strip, a variably movable operatingmechanism for said platen, and means controlled by the operatingmechanism for severing the check strip when thesaid mechanism receivesits greatest degree of movement,

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a typecarrier, of a variably movable frame and a platen yieldingly mounted onsaid frame for taking a plurality of impressions upon a check strip fromsaid type carrier, an operating mechanism for said platen frame, andmeans movable with the platen frame and so constructed as to sever thecheck strip when the platen frame receives its greatest degree ofmovement.

7. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with a type carrier, of means for feeding a check stripthereto, a'variably movable frame and a platen yieldingly mounted onsaid frame for taking a 'plurality of impressions upon the check stripfrom said type carrier, an operating mecha nism for said platen frame,and a knife carried by the platen frame and constructed to sever thecheck strip when the platen frame receives its greatest degree ofmovement.

8. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with a set oftype carriers, means for feeding a check strip thereto, a platen forrecording upon the check strip from the type carriers a series of itemsand th total thereof, a variably movable operating mechanism for saidplaten, and means for severing the check strip when the total isrecorded.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a set oftype carriers, means for feeding a check strip thereto, a platen forrecording upon the check strip from the type carriers a series of itemsand the total thereof, a variably movable operating mechanism for saidplaten, and means controlled by the operating mechanism for severing thecheck strip as an accompaniment to the recording of the'total.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a set oftype carriers, means for feeding a check strip thereto, a variablymovable frame and a platen yieldingly mounted on said frame forrecording upon the check strip from the type carriers a series of itemsand the total thereof, an

operating mechanism for the platen frame, and a knife carried by theplaten frame and constructed to sever the check as an accompaniment-tothe recording of the total. 7

rollers having an invariable movement and constructed to feed the checkstrip a greater distance when the total is recorded than when the itemsare recorded.

12. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with. a type carrier, of a platen for taking a pluralityof impressions therefrom uphn a check strip, and a pair of I feedrollers having an invariable movement and constructed to feed the checkstrip variable distances.

13. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with a set of type carriers,

of a platen for recording items and the total thereof upon a check stripfrom said type carriers, a pair of feed rollers having an invariablemovement and constructed to feed the check strip a greater distance whenthe total is recorded than when the items are recorded, and means forsevering the check strip as an accompaniment to the recording of thetotal.

14. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a set oftype carriers for recording upon a check strip items and the totalthereof, of manipulative devices for determining the amounts of theitems and totals to be recorded upon the check strip, mechanism foraccumulating the total as. the items are recorded, means for severingthe check strip upon the recording of the total, and means fordisabling'the accumulating mechanism as an accompaniment to therecording of the total.

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a set oftype carriers for recording upon a check strip items and the totalthereof, of manipulative devices for determining the amounts of theitems and the total recorded upon the check strip, mechanism foraccumulating the total as the items are recorded, a total key, and meansunder the control thereof for severing the check strip and for disablingthe accumulating mechanism as an accompaniment to the recording of thetotal.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a set oftype carriers,

- of a platen for recording items and the total thereof upon a checkstrip from said type carriers, a pair of feed rollers constructed toautomatically feed the check strip a greater distance when the total isrecorded than when the items are recorded, and means for severing thecheck strip as an accompaniment to the recording of the total.

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a set oftype carriers, of a platen for recording upon the check strip from thetype carriers a series of items and the total thereof, and a pair offeed rollers having an invariable movement and constructed. toautomatically feed the check strip a greater distance when the total isrecorded than when the items are recorded.

18. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a typecarrier, of a platen for taking a pluralityvof impressions therefromupon a check strip, and a pair of feed rollers having an invariablemovement and constructed to automatically feed the check strip variabledistances.

19. In a machine of the class described, the combination with aset oftype carriers, of a platen for recording items and the total thereofupon a check strip from said type carriers, a pair of feed rollershaving an invariable movement and constructed to automatically feed thecheck strip a greater distance when the total is recorded than when theitems are recorded, and means for severing the check strip as anaccompaniment to the recording of the total.

20. In a machine of the class described, the combination With a set oftype carriers, of a platen for recording upon a check strip from typecarriers a series of items and the total thereof, a pair of feed rollershaving an invariable movement, a disk rigid with one of said rollers andhaving a projection for feeding the check strip when a total .isrecorded on said strip, a pawl carried by said roller for feeding thecheck strip when an item is recorded on the strip, and means forselectively rendering either said projections or said pawl effective.

21. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a set oftypecarriors, of a platen for recording upon a check strip from the typecarriers a series of items and the total thereof, a pair of feed rollershavingan invariable movement, an eccentric on which one of the rollersis mounted, a plate rigid with said eccentrically mounted roller andhaving a projection for feeding the check strip when a total is recordedon said strip, a pawl carried by said roller for feeding the check stripwhen an item is recorded thereon, and manipulative means for controllingthe eccentric bearing to render either said projection or said pawleffective.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

J ULES VUILLAUME. FRITZ MARBACH.

Witnesses:

.I-I. O. Come,

JOHN BAKER.

